Robber

//ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who robs.
  2. 2
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence wordnet
  3. 3
    An animal who robs.

    "I remember as a boy in my native land the bad name the common magpie (Pica caudata) had as a destroyer of chickens, and a robber of nests."

Synonyms

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banditbank robberbody snatcherboosterbrigandbuccaneer

Antonyms

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banker

Example

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"The robber attacked her on a back street."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er. Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.

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